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03-11-2008, 06:30 PM
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Beyer in Argentina: Hemisphere Unapproachable?
http://www.drf.com/drfNewsArticle.do...1&subs=0&arc=0
Interesting piece from A.B. (live in Argentina) on why it may not be so easy for us to get serious about South American racing as wagering opportunity.
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03-11-2008, 06:48 PM
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Very entertaining article- thanks for posting the link.
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03-11-2008, 06:58 PM
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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03-11-2008, 07:12 PM
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Good article. Too bad his figs are biased towards the East Coast.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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03-11-2008, 07:17 PM
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But, is he a big mouth?
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03-11-2008, 07:18 PM
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He's sloppy.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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03-11-2008, 07:18 PM
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Figures Beyer would like anything pertaining to the South. He probably voted for Dubya.
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03-11-2008, 09:41 PM
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I love the last paragraph. It's classic Beyer.
When I bet a horse named Curius Emperor, and watched the jockey steady him three times before making a suicidal five-wide move, I cursed A. Giorgis at Palermo just as I would curse Joe Bravo at Gulfstream Park, and I searched for the Spanish word for "pinhead."
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03-11-2008, 09:45 PM
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His original description to me was actually even funnier.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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03-11-2008, 10:44 PM
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03-12-2008, 10:20 AM
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"Argentine tracks take a cut of about 29 percent from every peso or dollar wagered - one of the most burdensome rates of any important racing nation. In the United States, where the takeout rate averages 20opercent, the most sophisticated gamblers with the most sophisticated information struggle to eke out a profit of a couple percentage points. How could anyone using the limited data in Argentina overcome a 29 percent takeout?"
Gee, you would have thought the writer would have known this before going down there. Nice writing style. Crisp, clear and with a direction. I hear Clifford Irving had a nice writing style too.
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03-12-2008, 11:06 AM
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In one sentence, he explains how he planned and worked a year in advance. In another sentence he explained how hard it is to beat a 20% takeout by a couple points. Then he mentions how the t/o in Argentina is 29% and can't be beat. I suppose the explanation might be that he thought he'd have such a huge advantage that he could beat a takeout almost half again as much as the those here? Still, seems a fun way to spend a month.
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03-12-2008, 11:10 AM
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agreed it's a fun month...
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03-12-2008, 12:24 PM
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It's comforting to see that some people found yet another way to knock Beyer.
Jealous anyone?
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03-12-2008, 12:26 PM
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"but there's just no point in trying to predict when the narcissits finally figure out they aren't living in the most important time ever." hi im god quote
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03-12-2008, 01:19 PM
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Last time I offered anything less than an "Oooooh, that's neat" comment on a Beyer article was a year or so back when he wrote his piece on Sheikh Mo. You spared no mercy toward me on that one, using the (ever increasingly tiresome) "jealous" tag, quoting alternative meanings of words from Funk & Wagnall's for the arguably objectionable words he chose to use and even sharing my comments with the author. I remember the "Letters To" section of the DRF the following Sunday where published reader sentiment was, on balance, critical of his piece. All those people who wrote DRF must have been jealous too. How did that all work out for Beyer and DRF? I think I recall Mo ending Darley's and Shadwell's business relationship with the Form. Sheikh Mo must just be jealous too. Yes, from the brand of cereal you and Beyer eat to the kind of cars you and Beyer drive (or even don't drive), yes, I am unfailingly deeply jealous of you and Beyer. After all, everybody is, right?
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03-12-2008, 01:30 PM
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Actually, Bruce, I wasn't referring to you or GBBob.
Paranoid?
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03-12-2008, 03:05 PM
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03-12-2008, 09:47 PM
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Or do you expect that we should not criticize traines, horses, etc as "yet another criticism?" This country is founded on freedom of speech and this message board as well may be premised upon it. Care to comment directly on those comments that you dislike?
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